The Daily Worker Newspaper, September 5, 1925, Page 1

The DAILY WORKER Raises the Standard for a Workers’ and Farmers’ Government Vol. II. Ne 323. ii sy is d Cok he D | re . AS WE SEE IT By T, J, O'FLAHERTY ‘N an address before the department of subversive movement of the Na- tional Civic Federation on July 18, last, Ralph M. Easly, executive head of the federation praised the social- its and the leaders of the American Federation of Labor, but laid the rod of chastisement vigorously to the un- patriotic hides of the Communists and the Industrial Workers of the World. Some superficial people, said Hasley, Subscription Rates: AIL In Chicage, by mail, $8.00 per year. Outside Chicago, by mail, $6.00 per year. SWIFT AND GENEROUS SUPPORT OF ALL WORKERS IS NEEDED eo ALL MILITANT WORKERS: THE DAILY WORKER is facing a crisis. Beset from all sides with seemingly insurmountable difficulties THE DAILY WORKER has been able to carry on the most mili- tant activity in the interests of the working class. Kaufman of Local 9 Wants Square Deal WORKER. Entered as Second-class matter September 21, 1923, at/the Post ofttce at Chicago, Illinois, under the Act of March 3, 1879. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1925 WORKER > 290 PUBLISHING ‘CO., TS FACING CRIS Published Dally except Sunday by THE DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washington Bivd., Chicago, Ill. NEWYORK | EDITION Price 3 Cents S PLAN |Workers Party Calls on , NEDBY| Labor to Stand By the’ FOLLOWER, ~Anthracite Coal Miners Stand by the Anthracite Miners! Join the Fight Against the Employers! ‘SEE MONTHS saw no differenc except a technical NEW CITY, Sept. 3.—Oppo- | one between the Sireecceronge _ 7 On the one hand there have been the forces which seek sition to F lent Stigmata proposal Manifesto of the Central Executive Committee of the / socialists. Wasley is right when + ‘ ( . says the difference is fundamental. to destroy bee All the most powers! interests in America, fr brining Be Vrccaaae Guike: tn Workers Party of America. | se from the. capitalist government itself to its agents, the re- developing Within the ranks of his HIS is how he clinches his point: “Any student of current socialist ‘and Communist literature can well understand that, should it ever be necessary for our government to turn ‘the machine guns on the Communists, actionary labor officials, have been doing! their utmost to choke off the voice of THE DAILY WORKER which strikes at the heart of their privilege and power. On the other hand there have been the class conscious own nto of | according toe the joint committee faction, of Locals 2, 9 and 22. ® A letter has been published in the Jewish “Day” from a member of Local 9 who was @lected to the new exec- NE hundred and fifty thousand hard coal miners have laid down their tools. They are striking against the attempt of the bosses to com- pel them to accept lower wages and worse working conditions, The cost of living has gone up since the hard coal miners have made their last agreement in 1923. They are asking for a 10 per cent increase IN ANTHRACITE \Capitalist Press Uses | the firing would be of the most deadly 6, utive board! sen to take the place for contract men, and a dollar a day increase for day men to meet this Scab Propaganda oharacter if the socialists were per-| workers, comparatively few in number and individually with- | of the expelled officers, and this com-| nereased cost of IIving. They demand a five-day week and full recogni- : " mitted to man the guns.” There is no munication > s a desire for a real} tion of the union. * WILKESBARRE, Pa., Sept. 3.—The doubt about this. The socialists of 9 have manned the guns of the ‘capitalists against the Communists and thousands of good working class !Jeaders were murdered by them. What they dia in Europe they would do in » America, out power or influence, who have been giving their support to THE DAILY WORKER, who thru their sacrifice and ef- forts have kept their paper alive. For twenty months the Struggle has been going on and now the crisis has been reached with the life of THE DAILY peace plan not such a one as has Mi by Sigman. -upon suggestions for re made by The Day, , the writer, says: Fair Election aecord with your pro- The bosses are trying to reduce wages and force the miners to accept worse working conditions. They are demanding that the hard coal miners accept a lower standard of life. They want to pay less to the workers and thus secure bigger profits for themselves. Lower Wages—Worse Working Conditions. tie-up in the anthracite is 100 per cent effective. Both sides agree on that fact. The operators are not so far making any effort to import scabs, though they may try that and try to break the local miners’ ranks when they think starvation has done its eet posal for @.gémeral election, where all es work and the miners’ money is gone. NY ‘organization that wins the ap- WORKER hanging in the balance, membaik Bi act been convicted HE attack of the bosses which has forced the hard coal miners to go | Their’ first move on this policy Is the uae of a capitalist stoolpigeon for any offensé in their shops, shall be on strike is part of the general campaign of the capitalist bosses to || cutting off of credit to strikers by jike Ralph M, Easley is naturally an Now every worker who wants to fight against capital- allowed om the ballot—including those reduce wages and compel the workers to accept worse working condi- the company “pluck me” stores. é . ix . i '- "4 Soal operators began today a sur- ‘king class, The Na- ism for the. emancipation of labor must unite in a might who were mded during the pres- tions. They have succeeded In making wage cuts, lengthening hours, Coa Stel crn posers was organized ff fi - st th ful d e = ent conflict, am little concerned as and compelling the workers to accept worse conditions in many indus- vey of the actual stocks on hand. In svowodly to. block the progress of effort to save for the struggle the most powertul and mili- to whom _ e elected, if only the} tries, during the recent hard times, and now they are trying to force the | advance of the completion of the in- radicalism in the American labor} tant organ of the working class, THE DAILY WORKER. sactia be* @pmsidered above any| hard coal miners to submit to the same thing. auiry, patnondoermpane nce suas movement. Sam Gompers was one of “The Weoint of ‘your proposal The capitalist bosses grab every opportunity to reduce the workers’ have been mined and that nearly ali its leading lights. Gompers wined and dined with the enemies of labor and joined with them in preventing the trade union movement for making an effective fight against the capitalists. S iiled ASLEY’S tirade against the Com- munists ends with: “All honor to American labor,” and the concluding paragraph reads: “What would Eng- Yand not give if her labor movement were as solidly and loyally anti-Bol- shevik as is ours! Think of a situa- tion -where proud Britain is afraid to resent in the slightest degree the Aiabolical plotting of the Commun- ‘ists against her in India and China for fear of a general strike which ‘would not only paralyze her industries but would place in jeopardy the life of the empire as well.” se NE of our subscribers makes the charge that nine times out of ten we center our attack on the ku klux klan, tho in his opinion the Knights of Columbus is worse than the K. K. K. ‘We agree that its intentions, as far as the progress of the working class movement is concerned, are no better than those of the K, K. K. We also state that the catholic church of which the K. of C. is the main political arm in America, comes in for caustic Money Is Needed—Badly and at Once! For almost two years THE DAILY WORKER has been the same timé enabled it to establish its own home and print- ing plant. Now it.is:the fighting workers again who must carry on the struggle. At this time when THE DAILY WORKER is in danger those to whom THE DAILY WORKER is dear and precious must rally to its support. Those for whom THE : DAILY WORKER speaks, those for whom THE DAILY WORKER struggles, those whom THE DAILY WORKER protects; these must unite to save THE DAILY WORKER. THERE IS NO TIME TO LOSE. The needis both great and urgent. By delay or indifference we may lose. With prompt response, with willing energy and sacrifice we can only win. To SAVE THE DAILY WORKER, to keep it and with it to march on to new struggle and new victories we appeal to all militant workers to join in swift and generous support. THE DAILY WORKER raised by the ‘lefts.’ the issues for which SYRIAN AND RIFF REVOLTS ALARM FRENCH PREMIER Painleve Removes Gen. Sarrail'and Lyautey (Special to The Daily Worker) PARIS, France, Sept. 3.—That the Syrian and Moroccan revolts have caused an increasingly acute situation for the French government is seen in the removal of the French high commissioners of both countries by Painleve. Marshal Lyautey has been | replaced as military dictator of French Morocco by Marshall Petain, and Gen- eral Sarrail gives way to Gen, Game- standard of living\and to secure greater profits for themselves, at the workers’ expense. The existence of hard times and unemployment gave them such an opportunity, and millions of workers have had to suffer as a consequence. Now it is to be the turn of the hard coal miners to The soft coal miners broke the attatk “6f the capitalists’ bosses upon the workers thru their strike in 1922. The anthracite miners are fighting the battles of the working class generally in their struggle to stop the capitalist bosses from extending wage cutssand the creation of worse working conditions. The resistance of the hard coal miners should be the signal for the whole working class to rally to their support. ‘Every trade union, every workers’ organization, should adopt resolutions. pleding moral and finan- cial support to the miners in their. struggle. The workers should gather in mass meetings everywhere and hélp the miners in their fight The capitalist bosses have slashed wages dnd enforced worse work« (Continued on page. 2). CHICAGO |. LD. 10 STAGE BiG CONFERENCE AND MASS MEETING SEPT. 13TH; ZEIGLER PROTEST According to information already received no less than 100 of this tonnage is in storage yards, wholesalers’ or retilers’ bins or in the cellars of consumers. Miners Reckon Four-Months’ Strike Leaders of the miners declared that even if 30,000,000 tons of hard coal were mitted since April 1, that left, according to their calculations, a defi: cit of 60,000,000 tons for the coal year, which is reckoned from April to April Every week that the strike lasts an- thracite consumers will lose the pos. sibility of buying 1,750,000 tons. With a possible 30,000,000 tons out of the market as a result of a four months’ strike, the mine workers’ officials were of the opinion that suffering would result in the middle Atlantic statés and New England. Bunk to Break Strike One of the biggest publicity efforts of the operators and their capitalist government propagandists, is being made to scare the anthracite miners into thiking that various substitutes for anthracite coal will displace it and leave them without a job if the strike is continued any length of time. This, however, is pure buncombe as all available substitutes talked of could not supply the gap in the fuel supply, left by the withdrawal of an- ? i ff he capitalist: " \ Green is now taking Gompers’ place the workers! organ of struggle. Never a battle of the work- vee beet to aateiaith biter ie al ish Na Min ste ig hoa gosators rep ay quate. as tho * officially on the National y A ? . saying that this supply wow ast | Te ae wing. toan|..ing class ng Iteexploiters, never: a struggle large or | which hes BARA continously postpon- Support the Hard Coal Miners, ~~ | sats tne mioai of sosvary and mat passed ¥ 5 hat: wo! ho great demand for bitumi Oe Ee ee or fe ry Pant unfon,| _ small but THE. DAILY WORKER has been its cham- | that 1 -stli@ied.,.1-am. of. the | TT 38 nar coat:minere. have. met she-oapitaietsttnch aniahett standard» | gubattutes could Be looked “tor anti got ~ pe be of the ores ec s fion:* The Militant workers have made this struggle ‘possible. — opinion that this aueston agai of living by a demand for higher wages and have closed down the that time. They said the puliic need ‘© Federation. It is they who have kept THE DAILY WORKER going and at mines to enforce thelr demand. not worry: thracite, and if they were available in quantity their use is doubtful as few anthracite users want to go to the delegates will be represented at the Chicago conference of Inter- national Labor Defense. Since the national conference held last June 28th that founded I. L. D. nationally, 45 permanent branches lin in Syria. While the Riffians were preventing a landing of Sfantards at Alhucemas criticism in the DAILY WORKER | “just as often as the K. K. K. } ef J. LOUIS ENGDAHL, WILLIAM F. DUNNE, enormous expense of changing all Editors. Bay, the Druse rebels in Syria are suc-| have been organized by the Chicago provisional committee. HE K. of C, is less i ering then ¥8 cessfully besigging the French gar-| These will all be represented at the Chicago conference. (Continued on’ Page 2) F ty fi, i cnecapesgeraecnon MORITZ J. LOEB, risons. French airplanes have been The conference will be held on “Labor Defense Day,” Sept. Ains a 8! 1e) Ag aaa are Manager. Unsuccessful in: attempting to drive|13° at 12 o’clock noon at Ashland Auditorium. This will be fol. a GOVERNMENT CARES NOTHING FOR LIVES off the native besiegers, who are con- centrated at»Mount Hauran Suedia, near the frontier of Palestine. lowed in the evening by a mass meeting at the New Plasterers’ Temple Hall, The principal speakers at the:mass meeting will its derilictions make less of a splash in the public press. Of the two organ- izations, however, the K. of C, is more dangerous, because it acts more in- telligently than its rival, Both are equally willing to serve the capitalist class. However, there are many mem- bers in. both organizations whose sympathies. are with the workers’ struggle, but they have not brains they are being used. To Save THE DAILY WORKER I am sending you my response to your appeal. I en- oneenneanenmtanmasaverarsesesesesseseesreetensees The French: imperialists fear that the Turkish troops sieze the section of the Bagdag railway running thru Aleppo, this being the only railway over which Mustapha Kemal Pasha, Turkish dictator, can send troops to the Mosul front. Oil Field ‘Claims Conflict This is probably if the French sup- port Britain’s olaim to Mosul which (Continued on page 3.) ALL ABOARD FOR N. Y. DAILY WORKER EXCURSION TO STONY POINT ON THE HUDSON, SEPT. 7; GET YOUR TICKET NEW YORK, Sept. 3.—This is the final call for the DAILY WORKER OF NAVY SHIP'S CREW SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 3—The disaster to the naval dirfgible Shenan- doah which was wrecked in Ohio with the loss of 13 lives, causes little con- cern to the high officers of the navy, who neyer have ‘to risk their lives in war maneuvers. j enough to realize for what purpose o* 8 is being considered by the league of nations assembjy at Geneva. Turkish and British claims to the ofl fields conflict, and the Turks are watching State: .. excursion to Stony Point on the Hudson, Monday (Labor Day), Sept. 7. Over half of the capacity of the steamer. 400 passengers, jis, already engaged by those DAILY WORKER builders whose names are given below. Each one of these has qualified by securing $6.00 worth of subseriptions or bringing in piace SHARE ioe PetNoro $3.00 in donations to the DAILY WORKER durng July and August, or by The Turkish government has more | helping with the work of the DAILY WORKER New York agency, to put influence among the Arabs and Turks |the DAILY WORKER on the map in New York. Over two hundred tickets in Syria than have the French, (Continued on page 2) Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, head of the navy bureau of aeronau- tics, said that these maneuvers will not be affected by the disaster. “The accident to the Shenandoah will in no way effect the policy of the navy with regard to aviation,” he said, “Those who were killed lost their lives in the interests of science,” cnn ctf ni LOOK! . The Greatest Event of the Year! LOOK! Athletic Contests FOURTH ANNUAL TRADE UNION — — L AB OR NH] AY Fe [ C A i C Games Amusements EDUCATIONAL LEAGUE AND DAILY FRENEM aba aah: 940 er TO BE HELD JOINTLY _ Monday, September 7, at Stickney Park Gisve, Lyons, Mh ADMISSION 50 CENT: pric Wa tiibag T ts true; * charges that there is a catholic church machine inside the unions as our correspondent } \ and that in New York City many of \ the most prominent labor leaders are { Address letters and make checks and money orders payable to THE DAILY WORKER, 1118 W. Washington Blvd., Chicago, Il. 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